Marking ticket



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y and will be Patented Apr. 1Q, i923.

unirte stares .ALONZO KIMBALL MARSH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,-SSIGNOR T0 A.KIMBALL istinti* rarest COMPANY,

or Nnw YORK, N. Y., .e CORPORATION er NEW YORK.

MARKING TICKET.

i Application ined-Augusta, 1222. seriaino. 579,439.

To all whom t may concern: n

-Be it known that l, ALoNzo 'KiMBALL MARSH, a citizen' ofl the UnitedStates, and resident of yNew York, county of New York, and State of NewYork, have invented an Improvement in Marking Tickets, o f which thefollowing description,'in connection .with the accompanyingdrawing5 isa'speciiicadrawing representing like-parts.

This invention has for its object the provision of a pinless markingticket .which canbe readily and firmly secured inposition on the articleor articles to be marked particularly when the said article er articlespresent a substantial bulk or thickness.

The object of the invention is to provide a marking ticket which may beused without the slightest danger of injury to the most delicate fabricsor articles and which shall remain securely in position without dangerof accidental'removeinent or displacement.

The object of the invention is V-further yto provide such a markingticket of a construction sucli that it may readily be adjusted toarticles of varying sizes.

These and other objects .and features of the invention will appear morefully from the accompanying description and drawings particularlypointed out inthe claims. l p

In the drawings; AFig. l is a. View in perspective of a portion of la,bundle of articles such asrneckties with a preferred form of markinglticket embodying the invention iii position thereon;

Fig. 2 is a plaiiview of a inarkin ticket such as shown in Fig. l andembo ying a preferred form of kthe invention;r Fig. 3 and 4 are planviews of slightly dif-` y ferenty form of the ticket; and

Fig. is an end elevation of a ticket such as shown in Figs. l and 2whengbent into its marking position. l

The marking ticket of this invention is capable of a wide application ofuse whereever, in particular, it is desired to mark with suitableindicia, such as price, size, style,

etc., etc.,v one or more articles'` of substantial thickness or bulk.`The marking ticket of this invention is of the general type vdis' closedin the patent to Wallin 1,073,828 of:

September 23, 1913. The body of the ticket comprises ka plurality ofvplies ofy flexible,

sible, 'ener of the marking ticket unless the inark- L ably ing thelinarking ticket in place. Sucha ticket is entirely satisfactory for rawide range of use but when the article or articles to be marked are ofsubstantial thickness or bulk, such for example as a bunch of neckties,a marking ticket such as disclosed in the Wallin patent is likely tobecome separated from the article or articles to which it has beenattached. This'is chiefly due to theffact that it is difficult, `if Vnotimposto give a permanent set to the stiliing ticket with the interposedwire stiffener Lbe bent sharply back upon itself which may be readilydone in the case of comparatively thin articles or thin packagesl suchas a few layers of fabric. y

The present invention provides a marking ticket lso constructed asentirely to surround the article er articles to be marked and to be heldsecurely in place by tongue and slot 'engaging means forming a part ofthe marking ticket itself.

A simple and preferred forni of the invention illustrated in Figs. l, 2and.

As tliereshown the body of the ticket is ofv general rectangular formand comprises two plies or layers l and 2 of thin cardboard or thickpaper, but as pointed outany number of plies or layers may be employedand any suitable flexible noninetallic material may be employed.

A wire stiffener 3 by y being bent is interposed between the plies, asbetween they plies l andv 2, and

yextends longitudinally of the ticket preferin a straight line andcentrally of the body. This stiifener is preferably made of a soft vwiresuch as employed in this type of ticket and which retains a` permanentset when it is bent or doubled back upon itself. A stiffener of thischaracter when bent sharply and pressed back upon itself will clamp orpinch comparatively thin articles and retain its yposition thereon. Butwhen it is bent in a wide curve or a wide angle it `will not firmlyclasp and hold them.'

This invention, therefore, provides suitable ineans tor holding the endsot the ticket embodying the Wire sti'ener in place When the-ticket isWrapped around thick articles or a bundle Of thin articles. For thatpurpose the body of the marking ticket presents adjacent one end atransversely elongated aperture 4 preferably orined centrally ont' theticket and at vthe opposite end a tongue 5 containing the end ot' theWireA stifener and, therefore, preferably formed centrally of theticket. y Y

rlhe tongue 5 at itsbase 6 preferably lies within, and is separated byslots 7 from, the

body ofthe ticket `and preferably also the tongue projects beyond, thebody ot the yticket as illustrated.

The body ot the tickel presents a spacey i of a size depending upon theWidth ot the ticket upon which suitable indicia, such as grade, style,sise, price and other niarks may be printed Vor placed.

The ticket iswvrapped `around the article or bundle of articles to bemarked, the Wire stiil'ener being'bent as it is thus Wrapped around thearticles and the end ot the tongue is ,passed through the aperture 4 andbent back sharply upon itselt as shown in `l"ig. l thusv holding themarking ticket firmly and securely 1n place, the slots '7 enabling theends of' the body of the ticket to overlap When the ticket is invmarking position as-illustrated in Fig. l. The length of the tongue,ywhich preferably is substantiah' enables the ticket to be adjusted tothe size of the article or articles' about which it is Wrapped and afurther adjustinentyenabling the effective surrounding length ot theticket to be Varied, is provided by forming a plurality of apertures atthe opposite end oi the lticket. @ne such additional aperture isindicated at 8.

The general shape and construction of the .ticket may be variedconsiderably. Il: desired transversescores or depressions as indicatedat y9k in Fig. 3 may be provided to enable the ticket readily to be bentinto rectangulai forni and to position the display tace of theticketfrvhere appear the suitable indicia. cio als'oas shown in Fig. s@a plurality of symmetrically situated apertures it), tongues ll andstiiening wires l2 inay be employed. The number, position and shape of'theapertu'r'es may be varied and the apertures inay extend through theside edges o' the tickets-enabling the tongues to be placed therein)from the edges.

Having ythus described iny intention, what l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters PatentJ is:

l. A inarking'ticket comprising two plies oif'iieilible' non-metallicmaterial secured together face to ace, a sott Wire stitener in-'terposed between said plies and extending arated by slits from7 thebody of the ticket thus enabling the ends of the ticket to overlap`-when ininai'king position.

3. A ymarking ticket comprising the construction delined in claim l inWhich the ticket presents a plurality ot the said apertures arranged atdifferent distances from the end whereby the e'ective surrounding lengthof the ticket may be varied according vas the tongue is passed throughone or another of said apertures.

In testimony whereof, have signed my naine to this specification;

ALONZO KIMBALL MARSH

